yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Head-Units] sciallo:
According to This Post Video in is always displayed one the rear video out as well as DVD... That does give you some more options... Video out on a phone/tablet, separate video players or even a playstation/wii or whatever. You could even hook it up to a a/b video selector if you want more than one :)
[Android Head-Units] KID52:
That is interesting, I understand one of the extra menu options now, it said video in with the option of front or rear, guess that is to do with the screen.

I think the new 4.1 unit can display separate things on the rear screens without the need of another video source, so has dual zone built in. I have yet to test this though. As soon as my other parts arrive I will be taking the unit out and testing the output on my TV.
[Android Head-Units] spazfishy:
Heh, I started this thread long ago and wow. So much here now, very cool! Kind of insane!

Anyways, I check back periodically to check for updates to my generic slash ouko radio and now it seems I may have to dig into my pockets for something new with a capacitive screen perhaps.

What is the vote on the latest greatest radio now or is something new around the corner? I suppose I should read up instead of shortcut but I'm sure others wonder the same thing. Anything in particular seem to really stand out?

Happy posting and thanks for making this post really grow. Hard to track down any info on these radios elsewhere.
[Android Head-Units] sciallo:
It will be interesting to know. AFAIK there is no way in android to redirect video output to different outputs (eg. start this app in rear monitor) but it would be cool if you could at least mirror the front screen to the back ones. I suspect that is still all part of the simple underlying hardware/firmware board...

If it is't the man who started it all!! see what you've done?! :D

There is a few new ones, but if you ask me it's still hard to tell, a few new units are emerging with (pure) 4.0 and there is a slightly different one that is apparently about to get 4.0 as an update. (a new thread spun off on that one).

If you ask me the OUKU is so far the one that's getting the most attention still and has the most complete set of hacks and fixes, here and a few other places (notably a few really good threads on http://www.ft86club.com).

Other than maybe considering capacitive as an upgrade, I would wait just a little longer and see what happens,,,,

I'm in the process of trying to condense this "by now way too long of a thread" in a wiki, don't hold your breath but I will get to it
[Android Head-Units] sciallo:
I'm sorry if I'm still confused... [MENTION=255685]tin2001[/MENTION] is this for a different unit neither OUKU nor S150?
[Android Head-Units] adit9989:
Yup, this was the only thread where I could find info when I've got my S150 some time ago. You know the saying "if you build it they will come..." :)
[Android Head-Units] Cool82:
Unit videos "Ouku"

Hey guys, here are some videos Ouku unit.

First use and unboxing. And you can see more videos of this unit in my channel where I show the installation of custom firmware and tutorials.

http://youtu.be/U8KpBD5kPlM

http://youtu.be/BGYoy7DSgt8
[Android Head-Units] hmosquera:
buenos videos!

Hi Javier, I'm from Argentina, and watching your videos I decided to buy my stereo for honda crv with the same platform as yours.

Yesterday I was able to subscribe on another forum (4pda.ru) and i found with a version of hal9k more advanced (system version 2.20.21).

If you want, i can share the link, in your "you tube channel" (I subscribe :good:)
[Android Head-Units] sciallo:
Is that newer than the ones found here? If so, please, by all means, share a link here too ;)
[Android Head-Units] Cool82:
Thanks for watching my videos and subscribe. Pass me the link but I could never access that forum...: Bueno:

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as you wrote the Russian security code? I have tried to copy letter by letter but I do not agree and my windows will not let me write in Russian.
[Android Head-Units] hmosquera:
I can t share the link here, because i am a new user, And i don t have permisions to share links :rolleyes:

For registration in 4pda, I use google chrome to translate rusian to english, And the security code is only the sum of numbers without the letters
[Android Head-Units] Cool82:
I've gotten into 4pda forum ... just have to make the sum of the two numbers in the security code and put the result.

I'm checking the new firmware to see who brings new and if someone has already installed.

Hald9k may appear by this forum before and hang dropbox download link or else I'll ask permission to put myself.
[Android Head-Units] hmosquera:
I´ve allready installed it, and everything seems to work fine :good: this version is from 14/6/2013

i believe it is the last hal9k version.
[Android Head-Units] tin2001:
I believe it's the same as the OUKU (has the Freescale SoC, etc) - mine has the capacitive screen though so resistive units won't work with it.

Also the buttons may not come out mapped right but can be remapped.

Since there's so many units around, it's hard to know who's units a firmware image will work on.
[Android Head-Units] sciallo:
Ok, so just for the record, does it not work with the hal9k roms? what is the rom you posted based on and what are the changes? I have a regular OUKU capacitive coming so I ask more for other's benefit)
[Android Head-Units] KID52:
I have bad news regarding the additional screen outputs on the new pure Android 4.1 headunit.

It was my understanding that different apps, or at least a video, could be displayed on an external screen whilst something like navigation was displayed on the main unit. However, after testing, it would appear the external screens are simply exact mirrors of the main screen. So no allowing the kids to play games in the back of the car :(

I also have a question regarding the music app, I believe the app is the same as other units, so the question should be relevant. Does anyone know how to create playlist files? It will play per folder, which is nice, but I would like to make playlists up that may contain the same song, so don't want to have to copy the song into multiple folders. I've tried a .m3u file, but this didn't seem to be detected.
[Android Head-Units] tony_2018:
I just found a youtube video showing a head unit running 4.0 very smoothly. Although he didn't show the radio or dvd player working But he did show movies, played a game, showed netflix, youtube and google maps navigation working. He didn't list anything else or where he bought it. I hate people that don't put more information.
[Android Head-Units] sciallo:
Have you tried playing a DVD? That might show in the back while you still use android in the front...

I know, right? Just like when someone posts about a youtube video without posting a URL to it... :p
[Android Head-Units] Orisai:
Well, I'm not surprised. Android was never designed to create mirrors of the screen per application. If there's a device capable of mirroring a certain application or feeding video through a specific output, then it's something the manufacturer coded into their firmware or added as a proprietary application.

You should try with a DVD like sciallo said. Probably the DVD app works like in any major brand 2din, playing on a external screen while you have something else (GPS, phone interface) in the headunit's screen.

For what i've seen so far, it's the same app.

Have you tested if apps like Poweramp work with the steering wheel controls? That would be great.
[Android Head-Units] KID52:
Unfortunately not.

In better news, I've been trying a few games out, and so far they have all worked perfectly.

Tested games so far:

CSR Racing

DEAD TRIGGER 2

And of course the less intensive games such as Angry Birds.

Some games will not work due to the lack of sensors, I kept wondering why games such as Temple Run and Real Racing 3 did not appear. Then after installing from the APK I realised why...

Yes I understand, I was sure "dual zone" was a feature for this unit though.

Seems the "Playlist" screen just shows what is playing, rather than being able to choose an actual playlist. Yet more hatred for the default music player.

I tested one, I think RocketPlayer, but the steering wheel controls did not function with it. So far this is the only music app that has been able to read the MicroSD card location, as it is called "mmcblk1p1" and for some reason almost no apps can see that.

The Poweramp demo is not compatible with the unit according to the play store, so I cannot download it. However I managed to find the APK online, still only a demo, but I will try it when I put the unit back in my car tomorrow. For reference, this player can see the music files.

If anyone knows of any way to disable the terrible default player please let me know. It does not appear under the list of boot applications so I cannot disable it that way, nor does disabling all of the boot applications stop it from loading. The "Disable" button under the app settings is greyed out too.
[Android Head-Units] Orisai:
Let's wait until someone figures out how to root it. Those apps are system ones, which I'm sure can be disabled or deleted with root privileges. Perhaps even replacing them with functional ones.
[Android Head-Units] tony_2018:
If it doesn't work that way than it probably wasn't meant to. I guess they word it wrong.
[Android Head-Units] KID52:
Yes, I assumed as much.

I think it will be a while before it gets rooted though. The applications such as Framaroot do not work, and despite asking for the system image, I do not have much hope of actually receiving it.
[Android Head-Units] tony_2018:
I found the unit.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Android-4-0...Video_In_Dash_Units_w_GPS&hash=item3cd7d2756e

This is the one I saw him play with. It looks like its not fully android because it runs on winCE. I do have to say it does flow well and looks way better with Android 4.0. Pumpkin messed up bad though. He's listig the same item but did not list that it runs on WinCE so that means that he's not building these himself, he's just buying them to sell.

Also from what I read dual zone only works with the navigation while watching a movie. That is what I'm reading. Its not for apps but oh well. Keeps them entertained.
[Android Head-Units] tin2001:
At the time there was no hal9k ROM as new as the ROM my system came with and someone said they tried the hal9k and it broke things. A few posts back someone mentioned a newer hal9k ROM, but I haven't checked if it's newer than mine or not (too lazy) or if it works.
[Android Head-Units] KID52:
The steering wheel controls do not work with Poweramp, if you play music using Poweramp, then press "Next" or "Previous", the default app starts playing music in the background.
[Android Head-Units] sciallo:
IOIO anyone?

Good news, newest firmware version of IOIO will allow IOIO to work in device mode with Android (therefore with our usb ports and through a usb hub): https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ioio-users/hVA3-SzoRVs

If you have no idea what I'm talking about see here:

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11343

https://github.com/ytai/ioio/wiki

Possibilities are endless with some programming effort:

- Sensing ACC line with it we can come up with "pseudo sleep" - with timer and monitoring the battery voltage, shut off if too low

- Forget the built in steering weel controls as they seem worthless to android, capture those presses with IOIO and do what you wish with them

- Capacitive sensors below the car bezels for extra buttons anywhere on your dash (without cutting holes in it)

- True screen dimmer by sensing voltage to your dashboard illumination

Whatever else we can think of, this thing can control relays and servos.... if someone gets ambitious enough we could have a fully automatic climatizer, if anyone is into hho a lot can be done there....

Currently talking to the author of IOIOscript to see if it would support this type of connection, it would make programming it a lot easier...
[Android Head-Units] monk2413:
I know this sounds dumb but it works for me. You have to make sure that your unit is wired up correctly as well. If your unit starts with the radio function on 88.5 every time it's wired wrong. If it boots into the built in music player every time then next time it boots, don't hit home. Just hold the back button while in the music player. It will kill the music app and remember that next time you boot. Mine never boots to the default music app. I used tasker to have it open Google play music on boot and start playing music.
[Android Head-Units] Wraithxt1:
Alright, reading through a bunch of pages and a search didnt help, so I have to ask you guys!

I have a first generation device...how do I update my firmware to the latest and greatest? Hopefully 4.x if that's possible, with hope of native bluetooth support. The device has "bluetooth" but the android OS doesnt detect any sort of adapter!
[Android Head-Units] KID52:
It's wired correctly, the most recent "default" app opens, so either music, radio, iPod etc.

I'm sure I tried holding and pressing the back button rather than home, but it's certainly worth another go,

What unit do you have? Do the steering wheel controls work with Google Music?
[Android Head-Units] jakejm79:
OUKU unit mic issue

So I am having a weird issue with voice search. With the car on but engine not running it works fine, but as soon as I start the car and have the engine running it wont detect any speech.

I downloaded a voice recorder app and the little blue bar that moves when sound is detected is full (or what I assume is full since it never moves) with the engine running but with the engine off the bar is almost zero unless I am speaking.

So I assumed that my car is so noisy when running that it overpowers any sound and all the mic can pick up is just engine noise. But I made two test calls over BT to my google voice and they both sound similar, one most certainly is not overpowered by engine noise, you can notice it, but it didn't detract from the quality of the call.

So either when an android app is accessing the mic the gain is set too high and even a little background noise will over power it and make anything else undetectable or I have some other weird issue?

Any input on this, any way to maybe adjust the gain on the mic for android apps?

It's the Ouku unit with the inbuilt mic, I wouldn't mind soldering in an external mic connector if people think it is doable and would solve my problem.
[Android Head-Units] KID52:
I have just received the system image from Peter Chan for the pure Android 4.1 headunit, however the files are extremely strange, they seem to be encrypted and the file names some sort of hash.

In total there are 7 files, an example file name is "8a36a6ca-ea4a-11e2-9fda-000c29ba27c0", there is no file extension.

Guess rooting this unit will not be so easy...
[Android Head-Units] Blaze Falconburger:
So having suffered with a Parrot Asteroid which is finally giving up the ghost with a hardware failure (jog wheel) - how are people finding these 2 din head units? I've read the thread but there seems to be a lot of different models - if I was to buy one in the UK, which would be best to go for - there are many units that appear the same but have different model numbers?

Has anyone experience of this - single DIN Android 4.0 7" touch screen: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/7-GPS-And...S_In_Car_Audio_Players_PP&hash=item258286018b
[Android Head-Units] principino1984:
Personally I thinks I'll buy the parrot asteroid smart you know. Why you're suffered so much with it?

Anyway, go with pumpkin_guy unit if you want a real pure android 4.1 unit.

Marco
[Android Head-Units] adit9989:
This is a CE/Android unit. Stay away from those. If you check the pictures, you will not be able to use the radio and any android app (including GPS) at the same time. Get a a pure Android unit, like OUKU or S150.
[Android Head-Units] jakejm79:
So I have a few questions about the built in music app (I'm going to try and make it work for me since I can use the steering wheel controls and while about 90% of the time I listen to either Pandora or the Radio, occasionally I am in an area where I get poor reception of both, I considered about just using Google Play Music, but if I have to have all my music stored locally, I might as well try to use the built in app).

Anyway I have 2 questions:

1. Seems like the default sorting is messed up, sorts in reverse order, all my tracks are organized in folders by artist and then album, which seems fine I just get a list of all the album folders, but the problem comes when my tracks are displayed in those folders. I have everything named: ## Song Title (where ## is the track number), two problems, one is that it starts at 9 and works it way down to 1 (with 10-19 being lumped in with 1), any way to fix this? I figure I can give everything 2 digit numbers, i.e. 01, 02, etc to stop the lumping together, but the order would still be inverted.

2. Does the app display album art? and if so what format does it need to be in? I have the album art embedded into each MP3 but that doesn't appear to display. Is a simple Folder.jpg in each album folder all that is needed?

No luck on sorting them with a rename, I'm not sure what attribute the app uses to sort the tracks but it isn't related to file name best I can tell.

Also seems that 'Playlist' should really read 'Now Playing' and the app actually doesn't support playlists of any kind.

And no luck on the album art either.
[Android Head-Units] hmosquera:
Your unit is for toyota?

Hello, I put this version of firmware, but changed the skin color of the radio (blue to red), and changed a custom boot (not appears android) , neither can choose the Honda logo. :(

When you put this version, also put the MCU?

This version seems to be the best, but i dont want the modifcations of toyota ft86....

exist the way to use this version with out modifications for toyota???

Thank you very much for your help. :good:
[Android Head-Units] White_neXus007:
m gonna buy this cool gadget :D
[Android Head-Units] KID52:
If anyone is interested, I have uploaded the update files for the pure Android 4.1 unit to here.

I have also made a video of the small changes which should be live soon. None of the changes are that exciting though, mainly visual.

Edit: Video now up.

[youtube]6B1t13tDwOo[/youtube]
[Android Head-Units] hmosquera:
Hello, thank you for the upload, but for what model is the file? s150 or ouku?

could you test it?
[Android Head-Units] KID52:
Neither I'm afraid, it is for the new unit Peter Chan is selling, only known as the "Pure Android 4.1 Unit" at the moment, unless someone has a better name.
[Android Head-Units] sciallo:
Had mine for 2 days and managed to hose it already!

I just got mine from here. It got here fast considering where it came from they shipped FedEx

It came without an sd card and I managed to wipe the sdcard right of the bat before backing up (I'm talking about internal SD card) by trying to wipe the EXTERNAL sd card from settings. No big deal, I lost maps and stuff, don't really care and the seller might send me an sd card by regular china post since it was supposed to be included, that will not be as fast :)

The REAL problem I'm having is that after updating the rom with hal9k's rooted rom I lost all audio from built in apps or android apps. I get absolutely no sound out of the speakers other than the key-press beeps if I enable that in the settings. I tried resetting with the Rst pen button, full power off, factory wipes, reflashing all stock and custom roms I could get my hands on and all combinations of the above.

Before rooting I had:

Android version: 2.3.7

MCU version: 2.11.4-1-10-0101

System version: 2.20.21

DVD version: 2.13.11-1200wb

I can't find an update with MCU 2.11.4-1-10-0101 out there and I suspect that's where things might have changed... Also I noticed that reflashing, wiping and or resetting doesn't erase some of the low level firmware settings such as panel button mappings, boot logo etc - any way to reset those?

I have a request out with the seller for a stock rom hoping that fixes it. :fingers-crossed: Any suggestions in the mean time?

So as a word of advice, check your MCU version before flashing, and I believe you can still flash custom rom without updating MCU (?)

On a separate note, in the frantic search for a fix, I ran into yet another [MENTION=5092263]Hal9k_[/MENTION] rom I don't believe was yet posted here:

Post: http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=314557&st=2460#entry23887619

File: http://4pda.ru/forum/dl/post/3259454/2013.6.14.MCU+2.10.9-1-10-1+system+2.20.21+Hal9k.rar

Everything BUT the MCU matches my original :(

seems like they addressed some google framework issues, updated googleplay, added an animation switcher, fixed/added compatibility with 3G modems...
[Android Head-Units] sciallo:
There is a way, I was reading on the same forum about someoune doing exactly that to install it in a friend's Ford, Maybe he'll send you a copy...

What he did is just swap the apks from the hal9k original rom and the logos back in it... You might try the latest I just posted too...

As for the MCU, what version do you have? if it's newer (higher) than 2.10.9 and you don't have a copy of the stock, leave it alone (see my last post) if you do have a copy of a MCU higher than 2.10.9 PLEASE send it!!! ...See my last post.
[Android Head-Units] Tt0b1:
Hi,

sorry forgot to mention the modifications, because I didn't mind that they were there. On the link that I posted to the other forum, the guy wrote that you could replace the boot animation by placing another animation somewhere.. Don't remember exactly, just check the link again ;) About the other apps, as sciallo said you could try replacing the APKs with the ones from the other rom. Or you can just flash hal9ks rom directly :) I'm just using the other one because it seems more recent and it's working well for me :)
[Android Head-Units] daveaus:
My unit came with System 2.20.21, not sure about MCU at the moment but Ill check later if you want. Anyway I bricked my unit and the seller sent me this which fixed it:

https://mega.co.nz/#!XJB0DLzJ!FQOfhBxxzCrz19oMLpEb5zJjI4I3eTgstyMX_SSwKiQ

tin2001 made a rooted version based on the above files here: http://loderscomputers.com.au/imx53_smd-eng-2.3.7-R10.3.3-r1-eng.sbd.20130120.144713.zip

Good luck

Edit: my MCU is 2.10.8-1-10-1sorry :(
[Android Head-Units] hmosquera:
Thank you for your help.

Finally i put the last version of hal9k (4pda.com) , but i have a little problem......

When i ll try to download in the google play, files biger than 30 mb, i have " error 489" :(

someone had this problem? anyone know how to fix it?
[Android Head-Units] RealMayo:
I'm just reposting a link here for the benefit of others. Throughout this thread there is mention of multiple versions of this device, mentions of "Pumpkin", mentions of "Peter Chan".... well here you go...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EiwFZOyrnE

This is a video of Peter Chan from Pumpkin demonstrating the correct device to purchase.

Furthermore, Peter Chan's contact info is listed in the description of the video ;)